Here’s what you should know:
1. The plaintiff Dr. Joshi practices at Vernon Hills, Ill.-based National Pain Centers, where he is CEO and medical director. He is suing Jay K. Joshi, MD, of Munster, Ill.-based Prestige Clinic for trademark infringement.
2. National Pain Centers’ Dr. Joshi alleges his medical career was destroyed by the physician indicted for running a pill mill because of confusion about which physician was charged, Law 360 reports.
3. The defendant Dr. Jay K. Joshi was indicted on four counts of prescribing hydrocodone for illegitimate medical purposes Jan. 18., The Northwest Indiana Times reports. He had allegedly issued more than 6,000 prescriptions for controlled substances since April 2017.
4. The case, Joshi et al v. Joshi et al, was filed in the Illinois Northern District Court Aug. 9.
5. A notice on the National Pain Centers website states, “There is only one ‘National Pain Centers’ and one ‘Dr. Jay Joshi’ that are internationally recognized in the field of pain management. While imitation is ‘the sincerest form of flattery,’ we consider them counterfeit. We are the original ‘National Pain Centers’ and ‘Dr. Jay Joshi’ and as the saying goes, we are ‘often imitated, but never duplicated.’
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